Conference ,Darlington, March 6th

A conference has been organised which will be important for anyone faced with a wind farm application or a wind farm public inquiry.

Expert speakers from across the UK will be dealing with key issues and problems arising from reliance on wind as a major source.

Speakers include Bob Barfoot on photomontages, Phil Bratby on energy issues, David Cocks QC on inquiry procedures, Dick Bowdler on the problems with ETSU, Dr Chris Hanning on sleep disturbance caused by turbine noise, and Jeremy Nicholson on the problems with too much wind energy on the Grid.

Go to
http://www.windconf.co.uk/ for more information.

Save Nant-y-Moch

Save the outstanding landscape of Nant y Moch
in the Cambrian Mountains

An online petition asking for the beautiful scenery of Nant y Moch in the Cambrian Mountains
to be protected from a planned enormous wind power station. At this link:


http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/33775.html

See more at this page on www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com

Not over yet

The fight continues ...

www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Crediton-windfarm-plans-challenge/article-1798847-detail/article.html



Go to the www.denbrookvalley.co.uk website for more information.

Whale song

An interesting article about whale songs in the New Scientist... near the end there is a mention of the fact that some species are panicked by the sonar waves emitted from naval vessels...

Will Greenpeace turn its back on the whales when all the proposed offshore turbines are being built?

www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/01/seeing-the-songs-of-whales.php

Wonderful news!

Proposals for windfarms along the southern fringes of Exmoor by Coronation Power (4 turbines) and Airtricity (9 turbines) have been REFUSED AT APPEAL.

More to come on this.

The March of The Tripods

This is St. Peter's Church, built by St Cedd in AD 654 at Bradwell, Essex. It is one of the oldest churches in the country, and was painted for us by Anne Pluckrose during the 2005 "Paint it while it's there" Day.

The people of Bradwell have campaigned valiantly to save this unique peninsula from industrial blight but it seems that they have lost their long battle to stop the remorseless destruction being imposed upon their much-loved village. The government is determined to have its way, and giant Tripod-like structures striding across the last unspoilt areas of England, Scotland and Wales will be its appalling legacy. (If you have not read John Christopher's book, and are too young to remember the television series about the Tripods, there may be a film coming out in 2012, by which time the resemblance will become clear to all who live in turbine dominated areas.)

Read more about it here
and here

And to learn more about what is about to be lost, go to this page (made in 2005, about the "Paint it while it's there" Day) on www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com

Mynydd y Gwair wind farm rejected

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/southwalesnews/Protesters-joy-wind-turbine-bid-rejected/article-1746385-detail/article.html